Poetry Psychotherapy in the Practice of Crisis Assistance

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Key words: poetrytherapy, bibliotherapy, philosophy, psychological help.

The article is devoted to poetrytherapy as one of the most effective methods of psychotherapeutic work with children and adults, in particular, work aimed at overcom- ing negative experiences and attitudes, difficulty in functioning and human development, in the implementation of productive choices in complex situations and the complexities of relationships with yourself, others, the world at large. Poetry therapy – individualized, productive and efficient, developing trust in the world and to yourself that creates the ex- perience of security professional and the method of ordinary care and self-help, which not only improves the human condition, but also allows you to create / activate the required attitude (intention) on changes, activities, understanding and/or transformation / devel- opment of the relations.

Poems usually have a very significant psychological «charge», giving a person the opportunity to relax and escape from oppressive or frightening experi- ences and ideas and to transform their direction to discover and explore their true needs. Purposefully created a thematic collection of poetry activates inner resources, awakening and «adds» energy, involving all aspects of personality and inner strength. This brings the person to the state of creative inspiration and so similar to his psychotherapeutic catharsis. Poetic therapy is therefore a very powerful system of healing approaches, comparable with the passage of deployed training programs or long-term counseling.Preparation and read- ing (silently or aloud, alone, expert, family or in front of a large audience) how small po- ems (containing only a few verses), called rather jokingly «stihons» (little verse), or even «odnostishies» (one-line verse) and great poems, including verse poems and fairy tales, as the Central component of poetry therapy allows the person to change the understanding of

Published in the journal Sjani, vol. 18 (2017), pp. 32–53. Open the paper